Ask SCORE column: Passion is vital for business success

10:56 PM,
Mar. 20, 2013

Written by

Tina Dettman-Bielefeldt

If you want to be a successful entrepreneur, it all comes down to passion. Lynne Gerrits, owner of Balloons by Us in Green Bay, says that this is the one trait that matters above all others.

"I operate out of my love for what I'm doing," Gerrits said. "An entrepreneur is someone who is passionate about something. It's loving something so much that you could sell it to a lamp post."

Gerrits found her passion when she attended the International Balloon Convention in Chicago more than a decade ago. Her partner, Ron Lueschow, was a clown and had received a flyer about the event and, on a whim, they decided ...